England - London • TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Clintons
Clintons acts for HNWIs across the whole range of reputation management issues, including defamation, malicious falsehood, misuse of private information and data protection. Roddy Chisholm Batten leads the department with particular experience in privacy law, as highlighted by ongoing involvement in litigation concerning the phone hacking scandal. Karim Bouzidi acts for a number of prominent clients in the sports sector. Hayley Dilks and Caroline Hrabi are also key names, both of whom are involved in the firm’s phone hacking work.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Always on hand and able to give options.’
‘An excellent understanding of the newspaper hacking issues.’
‘Highly knowledgeable and delivered what they said they would.’
‘Clinton's put together a team who were clearly very experienced in the issues that related to my case. This experience was very evident in the way they navigated through complex issues, offering insightful advice and guidance to achieve the best possible outcomes. I felt I was in good hands - confident in their recommendations, with the process as clear and painless as possible.'
'Roddy Chisholm Batten was approachable and friendly, whilst clearly being highly competent, exceptionally knowledgable and very experienced in the issues relating to my case.'
Key clients
- HRH The Duke of Sussex
- Mary Nightingale (presenter of ITN Early Evening News)
- Lisa Riley (Emmerdale actress and TV presenter)
- Sir Norman Lamb (former Liberal Democrat MP)
- Tom Bradby (presenter of ITN’s News at Ten)
- Vince Cable (former MP and leader of the Liberal Democrats)
- Guy Ritchie (Film Director and Producer)
- Kieren Fallon (former jockey)
- John Egan (former jockey)
- Louis Walsh (music manager and TV personality)
Work highlights
- Acting in two separate claims for misuse of private information against MGN in relation to the unlawful interception of mobile telephone voicemails and the blagging of confidential information by the Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People.
- Represented KFFL, a wholesale and retail purveyor of fine foods, in a claim in defamation against Associated Newspaper arising out of the publication of highly defamatory allegations concerning the company and its proprietor, Laura King MBE, in the Daily Mail and its website MailOnline.
- Acting in twenty-one separate claims for misuse of private information against News Group Newspapers in relation to the unlawful interception of mobile telephone voicemails and the blagging of confidential information by the NOTW and The Sun.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roddy Chisholm Batten